Snoopy Neighbor

(from my Upper West Side newsletter)

Preface: I love all newsletters, especially those that are

primarily personal ads, or that ask questions of the community,

Here’s an inquiry from yesterday, and a response:

Dear Neighbors,

My next door neighbor is very very snoopy. Sometimes I find her

listening in at my door, or I see her on her outside balcony

peering in. Usually she goes to Florida for 6 months (she is

elderly and alone) and then I have a reprieve, but she’s been

relentlessly snoopy for 12 months now an unfortunate side effect

of the pandemic and I am at my Wit’s End and need

advice from you. What do you think I should do?

Dear Neighbor with a Snoop.

Just invite her in. Maybe even give her

something. A cup of tea and some cookies,

for instance. Ask her what she’d like to know.

Then tell her.